Necromunda – Tiny Plastic People

18 Oct

Introducing… A Crown of Salt and Shadow

NewsAge of Sigmar, Necromunda, rules, Terrain

Narrative Skirmishes in the Realm of Death Hello! Eager listeners to the podcast may have heard rumour of the AOS28 event that our community ran in June 2023... It was a lovely time! Fun had by all! However did you know we never put anything less that 90-120% into our silly projects? No? Well, time to pop on your reading glasses and go: "Oh, so that what they were up to, neat." So allow me to fill you in on the content we are thusly pouring: We made ourselves a little skirmish game for 2-4 players. It is a lot…

11 Mar

Neonheim Build (Part 5)

TerrainNecromunda, Step by Step, Terrain

A short update this time. With the majority of the structure modelled in, it was time to start developing the infrastructure and earth surrounding the pool at the bottom of the board. For this I went for Sculptamold, which is a mix of plaster and fibres, that forms a reasonable strong base layer. The pool water will be transparent resin, but that will be a future activity. Other people can get really good ground and earth effects with Sculptamold, but I haven’t ever had much luck with that. It is easy to work in-around things though, and for filling large gaps.…

25 Feb

Neonheim Build (Part 4)

TerrainNecromunda, Step by Step, Terrain

With a lot of the initial board structure built, I moved over to the less complete right-hand side. While adding the previously fabricated cardboard I-beam walkways, I also added some plain foam panelling down the wall for some visual interest. Whilst the walkways looked pretty unsupported there, I had planned to add some vertical pipes for support: to add a bit of cover for games, and also increase the feeling that this area of the board was more of a maintenance space for the original builders of the district. One thing worth covering is that I deliberately staggered these new…

11 Feb

Neonheim Build (Part 3)

Hobby, TerrainNecromunda, Step by Step, Terrain

Continuing my Necromunda Underhive terrain build. Originally I'd planned for 25mm thick floors through-out the board but for visual interest I wanted to fit some beams in underneath the floors on the right-hand side, so I went with 12mm floors for the upper levels. Floors going in. I added some damage to the second floor up, I'm not sure yet if I'll keep it open or have it with some rough repairs, both could look quite interesting. I kept the cut out piece in case I wanted to add the collapsed part as rubble somewhere below. Gantries Then to link…

04 Feb

Neonheim Build (Part 2)

TerrainNecromunda, Step by Step, Terrain

Back in the Underhive. With the basic arrangement fixed I sketched out some ideas for how I wanted to develop the board, particularly with a balance between aesthetics and usability. I had this big buttress roughly in the middle of the board and I thought about taking it up to the top like it was supporting some upper level of the hive. In the end, however, I decided that was probably quite visually boring and I wanted something with some more shape/depth to it. A broken bridge/arch seemed like a good move as it also implied a world out the…

28 Jan

Neonheim Build (Part 1)

Hobby, TerrainNecromunda, Step by Step, Terrain

Introduction Having gotten into some play-by-comment Necromunda during the Covid lockdown(s) I thought this would be a good excuse to make up some specific Necromunda terrain. I've fancied some kind of vertical board, like the cool-kids have, for a while now so, I finally set off to put something together. This series isn't intended as a tutorial but as I work through things I'll try to include some details of what I've done and thought processes behind it. I really fancied doing something very neon and cyberpunk but I didn't want to go too high tech for necromunda (wish I…